| William Morrison Engles - Bible - 1845 - 204 pages
...slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And lo,... | |
| Baptists - 1849 - 316 pages
...desireth, and hath nothing, while the diligent soul shall be made fat. Prov. xiii. 4. This sluggard " is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason.'' Prov. xxvi. 16. And, therefore, no wonder that they take upon themselves to dictate to God's ministers... | |
| Baptists - 1867 - 400 pages
...weak, as truthless, and as worthless ; and he met quite as often a wordy self-righteous zealot, who was wiser in his own conceit than "seven men that can render a reason." With such he made short work. Controversy he constantlydeclined. The little tune at his disposal could... | |
| William Wollaston Pym - Bible - 1847 - 476 pages
...minds cannot comprehend the enlarged and prospective scheme of some great master mind. " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." But time develops whatever of excellence such a scheme contains, and the objections that were urged... | |
| Charles Simmons - Bible - 1847 - 564 pages
...Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 27 : 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 28 :... | |
| Charles Bridges - Bible - 1847 - 574 pages
...man hideth his hand in his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.* 16. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.1a The counterpart to these illustrations may be seen in the man dozing away his life in guilty... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1841 - 264 pages
...hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much .as bring it to his mouth again. 5. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. the cold ; therefore, shall he bog in harvest, and have nothing. 7. I went by the field of the slothful,... | |
| Gustavus Sylvester Kimball - Business education - 1905 - 356 pages
...ability as a correspondent. Which Word? Reason, Cause. 352. Find out the .... of this defect. 353. Wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a .... 354. Let us consider the .... of the case. For nothing is law that is not .... 355. What is the... | |
| 1906 - 192 pages
...slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 1 6 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by7 and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog... | |
| Bertha Runkle - Bookbinding - 1906 - 382 pages
...me of a great weight. Now I can go home to my salutary discipline; to the remembrance that the fool is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." Margery felt as if she were driving behind runaway horses, the situation was so entirely beyond her... | |
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